100 drilling applications

In response to the NSTA (formerly Oil & Gas) announcing that they have received 115 applications for drilling licences, Philip Evans, Climate Campaigner for Greenpeace UK, said –

“These new licences will make Britain’s homes and businesses more reliant on the volatile gas market, making further energy crises more likely and doing nothing to reduce bills. And then there’s the fact that the world has agreed to move away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible to maximise our chances of getting climate change under control, and the government’s failure to consider the full carbon cost of new drilling makes the entire process unlawful, which is why we are taking  them to court. If the government is foolish enough to issue these licences, it will be a huge backwards step both economically and environmentally for the UK, and perhaps the world.”